Recent content by Rodney

Ok i put about 3/4 of what i was suppost to put in to kill the algae. Tetra agae fix. Then i did another about 40 percent water change so they wouldnt get an ammonia spike. Looked a little better. Not really thou. A day later i covered it it for about 3 days. I just uncovered it earlier today...

Thats cool, around here theres a spot i stop by every year, usually early summer and there are 100's of those orange belly salamanders. Kinda neat.:-D

I did pull the filters when i put the fungus guard in like a month ago. They were out of the tank for a few days. Resting ontop of the filters, so they kept damp. I have all new filters to put in as soon as i need to. I want to use the Dapnia idea, seems more practical. Im going to keep my...

Im going to try a different chemical. I read online that the algae destroyer i bought was not for green water, Go figure. Anywho if this dosent work im going to..(tell me if its a good idea) Set up a ten gallon, basicly just use the water from my 55 gallon and and let it sit a little while...

They either kept pulling them out or i didnt bury them deep enough to begin with. Cause they kept showing up at the top of my tank. O well i buried them better and they have stayed so far.

Echinodorus amazonicusi or amazon sword. I know they will eat them, im just curius on how they will look, and last. Kinda wanted to try something new. They have nibbled on the tips a little. But nothing major yet.

I can cut back on the feeding, I may also cover if for a few days then take the vaccuum and try to suck out the dead alge. The reason i dont want to cover it and the reason i leave the light on is because i just got some live plants, and im waiting for them to sprout.

Floyd R Turbo- They didnt test the ammonia, i asked them why and the guy said 9/10 times its noticable with morts, ir-regular behavior or atleast burn marks on the fish I can take a sample of tap water in the next time i go in. Ive just did about 4 water tests so far so i dont want to annoying...

Gah green water is back.... I think its the food i feed the fish... Back to square one again...

I was told once that Kuhli loaches will eat anything on the bottom of the tank....:bulb:

Yea i know, every time i do a water change it will throw it off again. So as long as its semi-OK, im going to leave it!

So i got around today added some fungus guard to the tank and pulled the filters. Then i went to town and had them do another PH test and they tested my nitrates and the nitrites or watever there called aswell. The PH tested slightly blue. A little high i guess, I asked and she said its...

I can see how it would be stressed with the whole green water. His 'friends' dieing, and the water changes. I have fungus guard but i dont want to add it just yet cause it says to remove the carbon out of the filters, and do a 10 or 20 percent water change. I dont want to remove the carbon...

So the tank is all better now. Hasnt shown any sign of getting dirty, murky, or green since i switched it a few days back. Im really happy! But i just noticed a white blotch on my silver dollars rear fin. Its nots ick, i know what ick looks like. My tank changes tempetures alot in one day...

I have a silver dollar about 3 inches. And i used to have 2 3inch long bala sharks. My brother offered to give me some convict cichlids. But i passed them up. They were about the size of a dime!